Prof. Dr. Andreas Marx
Born on February 22, 1968 in Lübeck, Abitur at the Albert-Schweizer-Schule Alsfeld (Hesse),
married to Simone Marx, two children (Peter, Hannes)
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Education and Professional Experience |
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| since 08/2024 |
President of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) |
| since 08/2024 |
Professor of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry & Earth Science, |
| 2004 – 2024 | Full Professor of Organic Chemistry / Cellular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz (Germany) |
| 2003 |
"Habilitation" in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, |
| 1999 – 2003 |
Research Group Leader at the Kekulé-Institute of Organic and Biochemistry, |
| 1997 – 1999 | EU/JSPS Postdoctoral research fellow at Nagoya University (Japan) |
| 1994 – 1997 | Doctoral research and Dr. phil. at the University of Basel (Switzerland) |
| 1994 | Diploma in Chemistry, at the Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) |
| 1988 – 1994 | Studies in Chemistry at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (Germany), University of Sussex (UK), and Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) |
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selected Professional Activities |
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| since 2025 |
Member, Board of Trustees, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research |
| since 2025 |
Member, Board of Trustees, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPI-CE), |
| since 2025 | Member, Board of Trustees, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), Jena |
| since 2025 | Member, Board of Trustees, Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena |
| since 2025 |
Member, Board of Trustees, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research |
| since 2025 | Member, Steering Committee Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications HIPOLE Jena |
| since 2025 | Member, Administrative Board, Cooperative Network of Thuringian University Libraries |
| since 2025 | Member and Chair, JenaVersum e.V. |
| since 2025 | Member, Administrative Board, Thuringian Student Services Organisation |
| since 2025 | Member, Board of Trustees, Sparkasse Jena Foundation |
| since 2025 | Member and Chair, Board of Trustees, Jena Alliance for Families |
| since 2024 | Member and Deputy Chair, Administrative Board, Jena University Hospital (UKJ) |
| 2016 – 2024 | Member of the Chemistry Review Board of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) |
| 2014 – 2023 | Member of the University Senate, University of Konstanz |
| 2014 | Co-Founder of myPOLS Biotec GmbH, Konstanz |
| 2010 – 2013 |
Vice-Rector (Research & Young Researchers), University of Konstanz |
| 2007 – 2020 | founding Speaker of GSC 218: Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology funded within the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments, University of Konstanz |
| 2005 – 2008 | Head of the Dept. of Chemistry and Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Konstanz |
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selected Honors & Awards |
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| 2024 | Albrecht Kossel Prize, German Chemical Society (GDCh) |
| 2013 & 2021 | ERC Advanced Grants of the European Research Council |
| 2020 | Award of a Reinhart Koselleck Project by the DFG |
| since 2017 | Elected member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften / Academy of Sciences of the State of Baden-Württemberg |
| 2017 | Frantisek Šorm Memorial Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| 2014 | Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize |
| 2002 | Funding of a Junior Research Group awarded by the Volkswagen Foundation |